Last weekend I spent tearing out the long living room wall sheet rock. Then I started tearing out the rock wool (about R4 insulation), screwing in pieces of plywood to cover the holes the top 9", and putting up the new R-13 insulation. I only got to the picture window with that part of the project, but accomplished what I needed to get done for this weekend's project.
The old front door (frame and all) was uninstalled today and the new front door put in its place. Along with that a new storm foor was installed. I spent nights this week painting the door so it would be ready for the install. I still need to paint the frame, but for now, I am quite please with the results. The first picture is of the old front door and the new insulation, The rest of the new door.
The storm door has a hide-a-screen, which I totally love. My helper and I also installed the storm door I got for the back door, which did not have a storm door at all. That one is the same style, but in basic white as I'm not really as picky on how the back of the house looks. Additionally, it is the next step down from the front storm door and they didn't have any of those in the sandstone (or whatever color that is). I refused to pay the extra for the "better" door as the energy efficiency is the same. Hey, I can always paint it later if I want.
I managed to get all the locks keyed to the basement door lock, so now I am down to only needing 2 keys for the house (one for overhead garage door, and one for the other 3 doors). Now the only thing to do is put on the closure systems for the storm doors, but those can be done any time.
I am happy with the progress that was made today!
The doors look awesome! We put on new storm doors last summer, made such a HUGE difference! And yup, front door has a hide-a-screen.
Posted by: Ruth | June 01, 2014 at 08:58 AM
Lookin' good - great progress! Your new front door should be a bit more intruder resistant.
Posted by: Cop Car | June 01, 2014 at 06:50 PM